Contemporary Ireland

Connecting Lives: Inter-Belief Dialogue in Contemporary Ireland, Paperback

An exhilarating, anarchic look at contemporary Ireland, from one of the country's most exciting new voices

An exhilarating, anarchic look at contemporary Ireland, from one of the country's most exciting new voices

Ireland is a collection of 300 contemporary images of the beauties of Ireland, covering every one of the 32 counties.

Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 -- the formal end-point of the thirty-year modern 'Troubles' -- contemporary visual artists ...

In contemporary Northern Ireland, more than two decades after the peace agreement that ended the thirty-year sectarian violence known as the Troubl...

This book offers a pioneering critical account of twenty-first-century Irish literature and culture, underscoring the crucial role that contemporar...

This illuminating book brings together interviews with contemporary women artists whose work was exhibited in Ireland in the 1990s - a significant ...

This pioneering set of essays explores the key motifs and themes in the works of the Irish novelist, Deirdre Madden, about the Northern Irish Troub...

In response to the dire economic conditions in eighteenth-century Ireland, A Modest Proposal ironically exhorts the poor to provide their offspring...

As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, this sold over 36, 000 copies in its first edition alone, and was a number one bestseller in Ireland for 5...

Ireland has rarely been out of the news during the past thirty years. Whether as a war-zone in which Catholic nationalists and Protestant Unionists...

Canada to Ireland explores the poetry and prose of twelve Irish writers and nationalists in Canada between 1788 and 1900. The book demonstrates tha...

This essential guide offers innovative critical readings of key contemporary novels from Ireland and Northern Ireland.Publisher: Bloomsbury Publish...

The last decade has seen the construction of numerous innovative and well-received performance venues, as well as the sensitive refurbishment of th...

3 reissues of McGahern's moving and accomplished novels set in Ireland. From the author of the acclaimed }That They May Face The Rising Sun{.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kevin O'HaraKevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the ...

Tales of the Elders of Ireland is the first complete translation of the late Middle-Irish Acallam na Sen rach, the largest literary text surviving ...

Dorries' saga of rural Ireland, in which two women make designs on the local schoolteacher, set to connect with the extended stories of other Nadin...

An unforgettable new novel set in Boston and Ireland in 1968, it is an enthralling tale of mothers and daughters, love and cruelty, that combines t...

This text draws on original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate...

Reducere. DescriptionThis slim volume, privately printed in 1884, was based on hand-written records in a note-book kept in Ayr Barracks. It consists of a yea...

Reducere. One of the greatest historical fiction adventures in children's literature. Marita Conlon-McKenna's Children of the Famine series brings to life as...

Reducere. One of the greatest historical fiction adventures in children's literature. Marita Conlon-McKenna's Children of the Famine series brings to life as...

DescriptionThis book discusses the development of 'dissident' Irish republicanism and considers its impact on politics throughout Ireland since the...

Reducere. "The Brehon Laws" explores early Irish--or "Brehon"--law, which shaped everyday life in Early Medieval Ireland. It looks at the history, influences...

Reducere. Updated and Revised 2nd Edition Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch is a delightful mixture of academia and accessibility; a book that explores Wi...

A critically acclaimed collection of stories from a young Irish writer, winner of the Frank O'Connor short story award, and longlisted for the Guar...

The lives of a troubled and emotionally abusive mother and her ten-year-old daughter are thrown off kilter over the course of one summer holiday. S...

Return to Sender pairs pioneering colour photographer John Hinde's instantly recognisable iconic postcards from Ireland in the 1950s, '60s and '70s...

Two sisters are forced by a sudden death to evaluate the choices that have led them down divergent paths since their arrival together in America fr...

Reducere. Sister Fidelma-an Eognacht princess and sister to the king of Cashel, a religieuse of the Celtic Church and an advocate of the Brehornn court-is on...

Another fabulously funny rom com from the author of }From Notting Hill With Love... Actually{. Darcy McCall is left the legacy of a small island of...

Referendums have become an undeniably important, and perhaps inescapable, peacemaking tool in contemporary peace processes. As such, understanding ...

Reducere. Description1972. It is four years since Martha Ryan's world crashed around her. Fleeing to England to study teaching, she had left everything behin...

Reducere. First published in hardcover to vigorous praise, Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel is about a young Irish immigrant in Brooklyn in the...

Reducere. Biologist by training, journalist and author by vocation, Tom s Mac S om in takes a provocative look at 21st century Irish society with "The Broken...

The Forward Book of Poetry is the indispensable annual guide to contemporary poetry. In bringing together the best new work published in the UK and...

By modeling such a heterogeneous account of the novel form, Estranging the Novel paves the way for a bracing and diverse understanding of the makeu...

Reducere. Colm Toibin's New York Times bestselling novel--now an acclaimed film starring Saoirse Ronan and Jim Broadbent nominated for four Academy Awards in...

Reducere. Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning ...

Reducere. Celebrated poet Julie Kane returns to her Boston Irish Catholic roots in this collection about mothers and daughters shaped by the forces of Irish ...

Reducere. DescriptionCarmel is stuck. The future could be bright, but something is stopping her. Despite the promise of a bright future away from Ireland, Ca...

This book explores the potential renewal of capital accumulation and the institutions that underlie it, offering a new understanding of the way in ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn anthology of eight important new plays, each of which is concerned with questions of identity and unfinished business in Ireland. Inc...

Reducere. Celtic Christianity-the form of Christian faith that flourished among the people of Ireland during the Middle Ages- has gained a great deal of atte...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jill BennettThis book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of count...

DescriptionTaking a major textile artwork, the Knitting Map, as a central case study, this book interrogates the social, philosophical and critical...

DescriptionAperture's "Los Angeles" issue explores how one of America's most photographed cities is also an essential hub for some of today's most ...

Reducere. The Pirate Queen begins in Ireland with the notorious Grace O'Malley, a scourge to the most powerful fleets of sixteenth-century Europe. This Irish...

On 2 April 1792, John Kimber, captain of the Bristol slave ship Recovery, was denounced in the House of Commons by William Wilberforce for flogging...

Reducere. From a highly decorated general, a brilliant new way of understanding war and its role in the twenty-first century.Drawing on his vast experience a...

Reducere. In these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien's A Fanatic Heart pulls the reader into a woman's experience. Her sto...

'A master of both language and storytelling' HILARY MANTEL'Compact and ordinary, it was a town in a hollow that had grown up there for no reason th...

A reclusive ex-film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells is a woman whose first instinct, when a stranger approaches her home, is t...

Reducere. The Real World of Fairies is a privileged glimpse into a joyous, animated universe. Dora's enchanting vision of her encounters with the fairy realm...

Reducere. In the bitter winter of 1847, from an Ireland torn by famine and injustice, the Star of the Sea sets sail for NewYork. On board are hundreds of ref...

DescriptionJust when you think that you know everything there is to know about mummies, new ones are discovered Packed with facts but light in tone...

Reducere. DescriptionCharm, beauty, and the promise of a new adventure had Heidi Rustler eagerly flying across the ocean to visit her best friend, Rhea Conne...

In A Nation Within, Ezra Rosser explores the connection between land-use patterns and development in the Navajo Nation. Roughly the size of Ireland...

To make a revolution is to subvert the ancient state of our country; and no common reasons are called for to justify so violent a proceeding Burke ...

Reducere. A selection of the best of three decades of writing about poetry, a celebration of the "tenacious curiosity" (Los Angeles Times) of the Nobel laure...

DescriptionTaking poetry as an act of witness and restorative memory, this essay traces the development of poems relating to Ireland's Great Hunger...

DescriptionArt is continuously subjected to insidious forms of censorship. This may be by the Church to guard against moral degeneration, by the St...

Reducere. This introductory book for students and general readers sheds fresh light on the study of liturgy and worship, reflecting important new directions ...

Reducere. PLA/ALLS Best New Books for New Adult ReadersPeople of all ages love to watch the escapades of tricksters. In modern times, we watch Bugs Bunny, Ro...

DescriptionReeling from the Night of Nights, an unexpected blockbuster art show, Floss, a transgender New York gallery owner, invites subversive in...

Celebrities, heroes and champions explores the role of the popular politician in British and Irish society from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second R...

DescriptionBased on the words and experiences of the people involved, this book tells the story of the community arts movement in the UK, and, thro...

This contemporary, global and engaging textbook covers all the core HRM topics. Providing a succinct overview, it gives you the tools to engage you...